Cruz Calls for Anti-Ballistic Missiles System in Ukraine

28 May 2014

Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talking with “Radio Liberty” on Radio Free Europe said America must stand against Russia’s “acts of war” in Ukraine. Cruz said the United States should give the Ukrainian people “the tools and equipment necessary to defend themselves.” The Texas junior senator also said it’s time to install anti-ballistic missiles in Eastern Europe now and eventually in the Ukraine.

Cruz’s call for an Eastern Europe missile-defense system is similar to a proposal by President George W. Bush as a deterrent to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Georgia in 2008. Bush’s plan was abandon by President Barack Obama in 2009…